Safi Faye
Senegalese ethnologist and film director (1943-2023) · Directors · Died at 79
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Something wrong?Safi Faye was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat, which was released in 1975. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal.
A life in dates
2023Died22 February 2023
I, Your MotherFilm, 2023Director, Writer2009Leçon de cinéma avec Safi FayeFilm2002
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the CinemaFilm2000
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's CinemaFilm1996
MossaneFilm, Director, Writer1989
TesitoFilm, Director1988OuagaFilm1984Ambassades NourricièresFilm, Director, Writer1983
Selbe: One Among ManyFilm, Director1981
Souls in the SunFilm, Director1979
Come and WorkFilm, Director, Writer1976
Letter from My VillageFilm, Director, Writer1972La passanteFilm, Director, Writer1970
Little by LittleFilm1943Born22 November 1943
I, Your MotherFilm, 2023Director, Writer2009Leçon de cinéma avec Safi FayeFilm2002Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the CinemaFilm2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's CinemaFilm1996MossaneFilm, Director, Writer1989TesitoFilm, Director1988OuagaFilm1984Ambassades NourricièresFilm, Director, Writer1983Selbe: One Among ManyFilm, Director1981Souls in the SunFilm, Director1979Come and WorkFilm, Director, Writer1976Letter from My VillageFilm, Director, Writer1972La passanteFilm, Director, Writer1970Little by LittleFilm1943Born22 November 1943Also in Deutsch
Filmography 16
IMI, Your MotherLFLeçon de cinéma avec Safi Faye
SCSisters of the Screen - African Women in the CinemaFCFilming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s CinemaMOMossaneTETesitoOUOuaga
AKAs KineastasANAmbassades Nourricières
SMSelbe: One Among ManySSSouls in the SunCWCome and WorkLVLetter from My VillageLPLa passante
LLLittle by LittleEHElsie Haas, Femme Peintre, Cinéaste d'Haïti
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Directors born in the 1940s 6
About this person
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2023 · aged 79
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